Pyrausta subsequalis

Pyrausta subsequalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pyrausta
Species: P. subsequalis
Binomial name
Pyrausta subsequalis
(Guenée, 1854)[1]
Synonyms
  • Herbula subsequalis Guenée, 1854
  • Herbula insequalis Guenée, 1854
  • Isopteryx madetesalis Walker, 1859
  • Herbula repletalis Walker, [1866]
  • Herbula efficitalis Walker, [1866]
  • Botys (Pyrausta) matronalis Grote, 1875
  • Botys graminalis Herrich-Schäffer, 1871
  • Botis subsequalis facetalis Berg, 1875

Pyrausta subsequalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Guenée in 1854.[2] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Alberta and southern British Columbia south to Arizona and New Mexico. The habitat consists of dry prairie areas.

The wingspan is 14–18 mm. The ground color of the fore- and hindwings is fulvous brown with dull yellowish-buff postmedial and subterminal lines. Adults have been recorded on wing from July to early September.[3]

Subspecies

References

  1. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  3. ↑ University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum


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